Grove park group

Representing The Residents Of Grove Park Since 1970

The Grove Park Group is a Residents’ Association, formed in 1970, concerned with issues that affect residents and businesses in the Grove Park area. Our patch is roughly bounded by the A4 to the north, the A316 to the east, the river to the south, and the District Line to the west, although we only reach the western end of Grove Park Road, before Strand on the Green begins.

The GPG was at a low ebb in 2011, with few members, but its fortunes were transformed with a new Committee, and since then membership has increased and our profile raised.

We attend local meetings, including the local Ward Crime Panel, the Chiswick Area Forum (when it is re-instituted), the Gunnersbury Station Action Team meetings, and are regularly asked to Chair local meetings because of our resolutely apolitical stance.

We liaise with local Councillors and are part of a wider organisation of Residents’ Associations across the borough (the ‘G15+’), who interact with the Council Lead Members plus Council Officers on topics of wider significance, such as Planning, Conservation, Traffic and Highways policy and Citizen Engagement. Together with the G15+, the GPG spent much time on helping the Council formulate its 15-year ‘Local Plan’, as well as its forward-looking ideas for regenerating the A4, particularly from Syon Lane to Gunnersbury Station.

We also present occasional free talks on aspects of local history – our most recent two were over-subscribed, so be sure to book early.

There is a committee of 7, including Chair,  Secretary, and Treasurer; all are local residents and they meet once a month. There is an Annual General Meeting to which all members are welcome, and a Quarterly Newsletter for information.